DUC

ACKNOWLEGEMENT OF THE LAND
We acknowledge that we worship and live on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Attawandaron (Neutral), and Wedat peoples. This territory is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties.

MUSIC PRELUDE (We invite you to quiet reflection and preparation for worship)

CALL TO WORSHIP :
We've come to worship God,
who loved us before we were yet born,
who knows us even better than we know ourselves,
whose presence never leaves us,
and whose love for us never ceases.
This is our God.
Let's worship together!

PASSING OF THE PEACE-
The Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God, and the Fellowship of the holy spirit be with you…
And also with you

As you are able and comfortable, let us make peace with one another.

HYMN "Spirit Open My Heart" M.V. 79
(Please Remain Standing for the Sanctus)
SANCTUS (Holy, Holy, Holy V.U. 315 verse 1)
*Children are welcomed to the front of the Sanctuary for Children's Time during the Sanctus

CHIDREN'S TIME, LIGHTING OF THE CHRIST CANDLE, CHILDREN'S PRAYER
Jesus Christ is the light of the world.
Jesus is our friend who loves us always

LORD'S PRAYER

ANTHEM

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

CREED :

We are not alone,
we live in God's world.

We believe in God:
who has created and is creating,
who has come in Jesus,
the Word made flesh,
to reconcile and make new,
who works in us and others
by the Spirit.

We trust in God.

We are called to be the Church:
to celebrate God's presence,
to live with respect in Creation,
to love and serve others,
to seek justice and resist evil,
to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen,
our judge and our hope.

In life, in death, in life beyond death,
God is with us.
We are not alone.

Thanks be to God.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION AND ASSURANCE OF PARDON

HYMN "What Wondrous Love Is This" V.U. 147

INVITATION TO INVEST IN GOD'S MISSION:

DOXOLOGY

PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION

SCRIPTURE READING: Revelation 7:9-17 (NRSV)

⁹ After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. ¹⁰They cried out in a loud voice, saying,

"Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!"

¹¹ And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, ¹²singing,

"Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom
and thanksgiving and honor
and power and might
be to our God forever and ever! Amen."

¹³ Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, "Who are these, robed in white, and where have they come from?" ¹⁴I said to him, "Sir, you are the one that knows." Then he said to me, "These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

¹⁵ For this reason they are before the throne of God,
and worship him day and night within his temple,
and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter them.
¹⁶ They will hunger no more, and thirst no more;
the sun will not strike them,

nor any scorching heat;
¹⁷ for the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd,
and he will guide them to springs of the water of life,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

MESSAGE: "Wipe Away Your Tears" Gabrielle Heidinger

HYMN "I, the Lord of Sea and Sky" V.U. 509

COMMISSIONING & CHORAL RESPONSE: V.U. 969

POSTLUDE (A time to quietly reflect on all that you have experienced this morning)